Symptom
When an employee who is terminated and inactive in the system is being rehired by one of the possible method like via RCM/ONB, Rehire Inactive Employee Page, Add New Employee with accept match, Import is getting an error "Employment status could not be determined for user XXX"
Environment
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
Cause
Due to incorrect configuration in the event reason, where the employment status was not set to "ACTIVE" but was left as "No Selection".
Resolution
The employment status in the event reason must be set to "ACTIVE" for the Rehire event.
See Also
Keywords
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